It has also been called "Lagas Greek" because the common word λογος becomes λαγας. Whatever my opinion is worth of, this Americanism is the worst kind of insult towards the rest of the world. I would have listened Bill Mounce's audio lectures but had to stop after the first minutes because I couldn't stand his pronounciation... and I really did want to listen to them.

Two people in our small Greek reading group use this pronunciation, I find it hard to avoid laughing when they say ὅτι, which they pronounce "hottie". So I would probably call this "hottie Greek".

Jonathan Robie wrote:I find it hard to avoid laughing when they say ὅτι, which they pronounce "hottie". So I would probably call this "hottie Greek".

You're killin' me!!! And that's EXACTLY how I use to pronounce ὅτι (what I was "told" was that omicron was pronounced like an "a" and because of the rough breathing mark you basically put an "h" before the word, so that it was pronounced "HOTTIE")

Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: I would have listened Bill Mounce's audio lectures but had to stop after the first minutes because I couldn't stand his pronounciation...

Just to make sure: of course I have nothing against Mounce or the work he's doing – on the contrary. English speakers are free to pronounce as they want to, but it would be very easy to learn the correct omicron. After all, it's a natural phoneme in English, like in 'awe', 'fall', even 'oh', just a bit shorter. Nothing difficult like the υπσιλον.

Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: I would have listened Bill Mounce's audio lectures but had to stop after the first minutes because I couldn't stand his pronounciation...

Just to make sure: of course I have nothing against Mounce or the work he's doing – on the contrary. English speakers are free to pronounce as they want to, but it would be very easy to learn the correct omicron. After all, it's a natural phoneme in English, like in 'awe', 'fall', even 'oh', just a bit shorter. Nothing difficult like the υπσιλον.

It is not an 'English' phenomenon, but rather an American one. Of course, those who avoid this pitfall may fall into others - like not pronouncing 'ρ' if it happens to come in a position where we don't pronounce 'r'.